Check out this site. All bands officially give permission to share their live music. I think you need high speed, but it is worth it. Great stuff. Check out Sim Redmond Band, Donna the Buffalo, Leftover Salmon, and many others. Great stuff.
Liz
PS Have been too busy to post. Needed to focus on work, especially now that my position has been cut. I will have a job at the same rate of pay, but not my job.
PSS Ask Bob and Katharina about the music; they both liked what I sent to them.
Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on :
For some reasons, people aren't nearly as interested in legal downloads as they should be . . . I've given up mentioning that site (and other legal ones) when illegal downloads are brought up.
People just like the thrill, I guess.
Posted by Anthro (Member # 6087) on :
This iste doesn't really have much...no Springsteen, at least. . .
Posted by Da_Goat (Member # 5529) on :
Thank you so much! I've been looking for a site like this. Searching for bands, and their sites, individually was getting rather tiresome.
I still listen to illegal music, but I'm trying to ween myself off of it. The first step was getting a job so I can buy CDs; my second step was ripping all of my CDs onto my computer; my third step was uninstalling KaZaA; and now I'm trying to replace my illegal music.
Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on :
That's because its legal music, Anthro. And it has quite a bit, just its missing a lot from famous people
You can also get a lot of good, free stuff (some of it not on that site by request; the rights holders allow it to be traded but not put up en masse) through . . . darn it, I forget the name, there's a fairly popular completely legal p2p network out there.
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Anthro, These bands are all bands which thrive on a live audience, so their studio stuff is usually not how they make most of their money. They are not MTV bands, but they are good, and most are much better live musicians. You should check some out.
If you explore the Etree site more, you might find more bands that you know or like. As Fugu said, it may be that they do not want their music in the archive, but are OK with trading their live shows. There is lots of live Springsteen out there.
Part of the deal is liking to listen to live music. I have gotten to the point where I don't buy a lot of studio cds until I have heard the band live, or a live cd of their performance. My husband discovered John Mayer for us, and Nickel Creek, long before they hit the "scene."
Liz
[ January 22, 2004, 05:51 AM: Message edited by: Elizabeth ]
Posted by Ben (Member # 6117) on :
i'm still sad mp3.com went down.
i don't see where the legal problem with them was. all the bands posted their own stuff. and most were unsigned acts.
hell, i even had a few mp3s on there with my friend casey and i cannot even play music. i sort of just made noises into a microphone (not unlike mike patton) and casey played guitar and mixed other music on his computer.
and i don't have the cd with all my QUITE SATELLITE songs on it anymore (they were an absolutely beautiful band out of san diego i think, that quit a few years ago), and they were a band i discovered on mp3.com
i'm still fuming over that one.
Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on :
Just remembered another good way to obtain legal music (and legal music tools, coincidentally):
Yes, Fugu, that is another good one. You can also go to the site of a band that you like and see if there is an email discussion list for fans. Sometimes people will send you cds if you send them a blank cd, a return package, and postage.(this is called, in the circles, as a "B and p.")